New Shepard makes first suborbital flight of 2026
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 11:06 AM ET (1606 GMT)
The first Blue Origin New Shepard flight of 2026 carried five customers and one employee to the edge of space Thursday. The NS-38 mission lifted off from West Texas at 11:25 am EST (1625 GMT), going to an altitude of 106 kilometers on the 10-minute flight. The vehicle carried five paying customers as well as a company employee, Laura Stiles, the director of New Shepard launch operations. She replaced a sixth customer originally announced for the flight but who fell ill.
The first Blue Origin New Shepard flight of 2026 carried five customers and one employee to the edge of space Thursday. The NS-38 mission lifted off from West Texas at 11:25 am EST (1625 GMT), going to an altitude of 106 kilometers on the 10-minute flight. The vehicle carried five paying customers as well as a company employee, Laura Stiles, the director of New Shepard launch operations. She replaced a sixth customer originally announced for the flight but who fell ill.
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